Wichita Literacy Spot/ Lugar De Lectoescritura

Are you or anyone you know looking to improve your confidence in Speaking English?
We can help.

Worldwide over 7000 languages are spoken. While linguistic diversity is valued by many countries in the world, 40% of these languages are endangered.

Many ESL and bilingual teachers are left to wonder how they can support linguistic diversity and empower multilingual learners with the gifts of their languages.

We can have a great impact on our students and their families by increasing their confidence and self-esteem and their language identities.

The small and big things we do each day convey messages about languages.

• label the walls in languages students speak
• provide books in many languages
• offer guest speakers and readers in languages other than English only
• learn words in the languages students speak
• listen to students read in the languages they can
•Invite students to write in the languages they can
• show genuine interest, and excitement around languages
• give students space, and time to talk with same language peers

The fact is that when language is ignored, there may be a danger of limiting participation and cutting off valuable resources.

Every child deserves to be seen, heard, and valued for who they are fully and completely.

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When students join our schools and classrooms with language, let's invite it with open arms! Let's celebrate and position them based on their strengths.

Learning English (or any language) should not come at the expense of the students' first language.

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